MARIA LETTBERG was born in Riga as the daughter of a professor of Russian literature and a mathematician. Her instrument has been an integral part of her life since she was seven years old. At the age of nine she made her first public appearance playing Beethoven’s Second Piano Concerto. Maria is Swedish and has lived in Berlin for several years. She speaks five languages.

Hamish Milne is a British pianist. He has appeared as soloist with most of the leading British orchestras and has given over two hundred broadcasts for the BBC. He has recorded for Chandos, CRD, Danacord, Decca and Hyperion labels. He has made a special study of the music of Nikolai Medtner and his recordings for CRD Records initiated in 1975 now run to nine volumes.

Born in Prague of Jewish-German origin, Schulhoff was one of the brightest figures in a generation of European musicians whose successful careers were prematurely terminated by the rise of the Nazi regime in Germany.

Frederic Chiu's intriguing piano-playing and teaching springs from a diverse set of experiences and interests - his Asian/American/ European background, his musical training, and an early and ongoing exploration of artificial intelligence and human psychology, especially the body-mind-heart connection.

The pianist Jenő Jandó, born 1952 in Pécs, Hungary has won a number of piano competitions in Hungary and abroad, including first prize in the 1973 Hungarian Piano Concours and a first prize in the chamber music category at the Sydney International Piano Competition in 1977.